Publications by authors named "Paul Abernathy"
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- Community violence severely affects Black youth, and experiences with racism add to their challenges in recovering from violence exposure.
- The study involved 25 Black youth aged 14-19 who had witnessed violence and assessed their discrimination experiences, social support, and mental health symptoms using ecological momentary assessments over two weeks.
- Findings showed that high perceptions of racism correlated with greater post-traumatic stress and lower feelings of safety, while social support was linked to reduced symptoms and higher safety perceptions, highlighting the need for targeted interventions.
To improve the health and well-being of the medically underserved in a free clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a multidisciplinary team representing several health information management and information technology (IT) professionals, including faculty, students, researchers, and clinicians, created a novel IT system called imHealthy. The imHealthy system includes four critical components: a multidomain well-being questionnaire, a mobile app for data collection and tracking, a customization of an open-source electronic health record (EHR), and a data integration and well-being evaluation program leading to recommendations for personalized interventions to caregivers serving the medically underserved. This multidisciplinary team has worked closely on this project and finished critical components of the imHealthy system.
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